On May 22-25 Nils Muzhnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights, will visit Baku. Muzhnieks is to discuss with the government of Azerbaijan the situation with human rights, according to diplomatic sources in Strasbourg. The meeting with representatives of civil society is expected.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has a mandate that allows him to raise issues relating to human rights in all 47 member states of the organization.
According to the same sources, in May, Stefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and the new neighborhood, will visit Baku. The theme of the meetings and talks of Fule will be Azerbaijan's fulfillment of its obligations under the democracy within the framework of the "Eastern Partnership".-02В-
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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